1.   About half of the remainder will go to the Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund, which lets donors make contributions and decide later how the assets will be distributed.

2.   Donors make one contribution that is divided between UJA and local charities.

3.   International donors have made aid to Afghanistan all but contingent on efforts to cut off the supply of illicit drugs.

4.   Just one donor could have made all the difference.

5.   Missouri law allows donors to make unlimited contributions to a political party, but it limited how much each party committee could give to candidates.

6.   Most potential donors never make it past the first phone call.

7.   Sperm donors make their contribution in an unlocked closet-sized room with fading nude pinups for company.

8.   Under new rules, outlined in a letter to gift fund donors last week, Fidelity will not allow new donors to make grants to private foundations.

9.   Annan appealed to donors to make a special effort to help Africa.

10.   Donors made it clear that Savimbi and dos Santos had to stick to peace this time round or risk aid being cut off.